import {
BINARY_ENCODING,
IExecuteFunctions,
} from 'n8n-core';
import {
INodeExecutionData,
INodeType,
INodeTypeDescription,
} from 'n8n-workflow';
const pdf = require('pdf-parse');
export class ReadPdf implements INodeType {
description: INodeTypeDescription = {
displayName: 'Read PDF',
name: 'readPDF',
icon: 'fa:file-pdf',
group: ['input'],
version: 1,
description: 'Reads a PDF and extracts its content',
defaults: {
name: 'Read PDF',
color: '#003355',
},
inputs: ['main'],
outputs: ['main'],
properties: [
{
displayName: 'Binary Property',
name: 'binaryPropertyName',
type: 'string',
default: 'data',
required: true,
description: 'Name of the binary property from which to
read the PDF file.',
},
],
};
async execute(this: IExecuteFunctions): Promise {
const items = this.getInputData();
const returnData: INodeExecutionData[] = [];
const length = items.length as unknown as number;
let item: INodeExecutionData;
for (let itemIndex = 0; itemIndex < length; itemIndex++) {
try{
item = items[itemIndex];
const binaryPropertyName = this.getNodeParameter('binaryPropertyName', itemIndex) as string;
if (item.binary === undefined) {
item.binary = {};
}
const binaryData = Buffer.from(item.binary[binaryPropertyName].data, BINARY_ENCODING);
returnData.push({
binary: item.binary,
json: await pdf(binaryData),
});
} catch (error) {
if (this.continueOnFail()) {
returnData.push({json:{ error: error.message }});
continue;
}
throw error;
}
}
return this.prepareOutputData(returnData);
}
}